The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has not been able to consider the Amber Case for almost three years, in which former people's deputies Boris Rosenblat and Maxim Polyakov appear. And there is every chance that this case will become one of the most high-profile failures of the VAKS, analysts of the Anti-Corruption Action Center Vadim Valko, Roman Verbovsky, Roman Kolyukhov noted in an article for ZN. UA "

Thus, Rosenblat and Polyakov are accused of receiving about 300,000. dol. for lobbying bills for the extraction of amber by a foreign company, as well as for influencing officials to help obtain a number of permits.

“We must state that in this case it is impossible to ensure an early consideration within a reasonable time.. It has not moved for almost three years,” the authors write..

In particular, last summer, three defendants were able to escape punishment, because the statute of limitations under the article “abuse of influence” had expired.. At the same time, due to air raid alerts, illnesses, and the absence of lawyers this year, almost all meetings turned out to be fruitless.. At the same time, the panel of judges, as the authors noted, reacts quite loyally to the absence of participants and practically does not take measures to speed up or even start the consideration of the case.. Also in December, the court reduced Rosenblat's alternative bail from UAH 7 million to UAH 3.5 million..

“It’s a pity if one of the most resonant NABU cases of that period ends in nothing. There is still enough time before the expiration of the deadlines for key defendants in the VAKS, but given the previous pace of consideration, it is likely that the “amber case” will become one of the most high-profile failures of Anticorsud,” the article says..

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In the summer of 2017, NABU detectives detained the guard-driver of deputy Borislav Rosenblat (at that time a member of the BPP faction) while receiving a bribe.

She was appointed to Rosenblat and Maxim Polyakov, a member of the parliamentary faction "

On July 11, 2017, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada voted for the removal of immunity from Polyakov and Rosenblat, but did not give permission for their detention and arrest. The then Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko handed Rosenblat and Polyakov suspicion of committing crimes. The court chose a measure of restraint in the form of bail and ordered to wear electronic bracelets.